Women With Short Hair—Hot or Not?

For many of us, a new year calls for a new look. And while skimming yesterday's celebrity news, I noticed that Cameron Diaz might be one of those women. There she was vacationing in Hawaii and debuting a freshly-chopped, super-blonde bob. Pretty adorable, I thought.

Then I made my way through Google and landed on a discussion of Diaz's new haircut—on a site for guys. "Don't ever cut your hair short. Ever," the writer implored. "There's a reason why they call it a boy haircut because you look like a dude and dudes are not as pretty as girls. Simple formula. Don't get cocky because you're almost 40 and still parading around the beach with a knockout tush and some back dimples. Still doesn't give you the excuse to give yourself a bowl cut. End up lookin like Gary Busey."

Whoa,dude! That was pretty harsh—but it's not the first time I've heard guys rant about how they dislike chicks with short hair. I get it—it takes a certain kind of woman to pull off a super-short style, but I can think of a few who do it really well: Halle Berry (obvi), Emma Watson, Michelle Williams (who recently said in an interview that she cut a pixie for "the only man who ever loved short hair,” referring to Heath Ledger), Ginnifer Goodwin, model Britt Maren, and most recently, Olivia Wilde, who unveiled her short cut today.

So how do you feel about women with short hair? Would you ever make a major chop?